OlympicTalk · Jun 7, 2021
2021 French Open women’s singles draw, results
Defending champion Iga Swiatek is the French Open favorite after the world’s top three players were all out of the draw before the third round, none having lost a completed match.
Ash Barty, the top seed and 2019 champion, retired during her second-round match with a hip injury.
No. 2 seed Naomi Osaka, who has never made it past the third round in Paris, withdrew after her first-round win, citing mental health struggles.
Simona Halep, the world No. 3, withdrew before the tournament with a calf tear.
Swiatek won the title last autumn as the world’s 54th-ranked player in the best combination of unheralded Grand Slam dominance in more than 40 years. Swiatek is seeded eighth.